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2023 Loughborough Car Show - Part 2

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Apologies for this delayed post; I forgot to write it in advance. Without further ado, here is part two of the town centre car show, taken with my phone as my camera's batteries had all died. Porsche 911 Yet another MG, this time a bright yellow Midget. Jaguar E-Type Maserati Ghibli. A Mk2 Renault Clio V6... ...closely followed by a Rover ZR. Out come the Land Rovers. This is not a Land Rover. It's a Lancia Beta coupé. This isn't a Land Rover either. It's a Rover SD1. This is a Land Rover! We know this one as the Land Rover Defender. This is a Land Rover 101 Forward Control. A Mk1 Range Rover. A Mk2 Range Rover. A Land Rover Freelander, the front end of which is somewhat reminiscent of that of the new Land Rover Defender. A Mk2 Land Rover Discovery. More Defenders. A Mk3 Renault Clio. More Land Rovers. This one's a Mk1 Discovery. Yet another Defender. By this point nearly all the cars had gone. This is a Hillman Imp. This is, err... ...a Mitsuoka Le-Seyde. Thanks, G

2023 Loughborough Car Show - Part 1

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 Having been starved of anything like this for three years, I was pleased to hear that the annual car show was returning for 2023. I arrived a little late (due to looking at the University's Degree Show earlier in the day), and the show ended a little early due to fears of inclement weather. Hence, I only really arrived in time to see the cars leave. The first car I spotted was this black Mini parked in front of the town hall. Personally, I don't prefer minis with wide-flared wheelarches (or any styling that's excessively aggressive). Then there was this Ford Consul, which, according to a notice in the rear window, is for sale. The rear windshield is the reality of what I thought the Mk1 Renault Megane's windshield was when I was younger! Then there was this green Mk2 Ford Escort parked next to a Mk3 Volkswagen Scirocco. I've seen plenty of Mk3 Sciroccos. I don't know where all these commie posters suddenly came from, but there's one on the cabinet behind th